Declaring second home in Italy to Italian tax authorities

[trullomartinafranca]

Originally Posted by cristina

Mike, could you elaborate on this tax return that you are speaking of. I don't know of this (which stands to reason as my catastale is less than the 3000 that you quote) and would like to be able to let others know about this in the event that they need to pay something else. So info on what this tax is called, which tax return, due dates, etc. or a place where I could look it up (knowing what it is called) would be great.

Try going to forum New Member, Natio. I have tried to clarify all if this there and still trying to get my head round it all.

[Susi]

Mike

I am surprised you have been paying the rubbish tax thinking it was the ici as they have only just sent out the bill for the 2003 rubbish tax. ps don't forget your mountain tax!!

Susi

[kathy]

We went with our estate agent to the local commune town hall, to the office which deals with the ICI. We took the deeds, Codice Fiscale numbers and passports. And spent the entire morning with some nice girls sorting out how much to pay. In the end we were told we had a 50% discount because the property is not regarded as habitable. A policeman will go to the property at some point to inspect it and make sure it's as we say.

Because we are not going to be here when payment is due, it will be sent to our neighbour who will pay the amount, which is not much, and we will re-imburse him.

[Susi]

Will

If you have a property in the Lucca area you have to pay mountain tax, don't ask me what it is for but there you go. Last year it was 17e, some of these things are samll but left unpaid can cause problems

Susi

[johnsm13]

[quote=adriatica]we have a bookeeper not an accountant to do our ici plus anything else that we need ... his costs for ici are e10 twice a year which also includes his reminding us....

Very helpful post John. I've been away for a bit so only just catching up on everyone's replies.

Any idea what the Italian is for "book-keeper", as opposed to "commercialista"?

Our "commercialista" is charging us 100 euro a year to keep the taxman from the door. Five times what you're paying.

Did you find your person through local contacts, or some other way?

Thanks
Mike Johnson

[johnsm13]

Originally Posted by Susi

Mike

I am surprised you have been paying the rubbish tax thinking it was the ici as they have only just sent out the bill for the 2003 rubbish tax. ps don't forget your mountain tax!!

Susi

Hi Susi

Apologies for late reply - I've been away.

Mountain tax, now I really have heard it all!

Nobody's ever mentioned this one to us, including the really quite expensive accountant we've recently hired.

Does anyone else pay mountain tax?!!! And are there any other qualifiers for the list of Hilarious Taxes We Have Known?

Mike

[alan h]

There was a very short thread in March [1 post I think]

see

http://italymag.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=134